Necromantic black-doom collective Worm have released a new single, “Witchmoon – The Infernal Masquerade,” the closing track from their forthcoming album Necropalace. The song features a guest appearance from guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman.

Serving as the album’s final statement, “Witchmoon – The Infernal Masquerade” blends black metal, doom, classic heavy metal, goth, neoclassical shred, baroque-inspired harpsichord passages, piano arpeggios, and flashes of death metal. The track functions as the culmination of the vampiric world Worm construct across Necropalace.

The song highlights the band’s expansive sonic vocabulary, drawing from across extreme metal’s history, from the grandiose sweep of 1990s symphonic black metal to the emotive precision of 1980s shred guitar. Friedman’s contribution amplifies the track’s technical and melodic intensity.

Following the acclaim of their previous full-length Foreverglade, the Florida-based band continue to expand their scope. On Necropalace, their first album for Century Media, Worm refine their identity into something both anachronistic and forward-looking, pairing old-world atmosphere with sharpened, ambitious songwriting.

The album unfolds as a self-contained realm of gothic isolation and supernatural decay, where physical wounds fade but emotional scars endure. “Witchmoon – The Infernal Masquerade” follows earlier singles “Necropalace” and “Blackheart,” both of which were released alongside the band’s first official music videos.

Necropalace was produced by Charlie Koryn (Morbid Angel) and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (King Diamond, Blood Incantation). The album will be released on February 13 via Century Media.

Pre-orders are available now.